Royal Russian treatment

There's history at every turn at the new Four Seasons
Hotel Lion Palace St Petersburg. Its entrance is flanked by the
marble lions immortalised in Pushkin's 1833 poem The Bronze
Horseman. Its home is the Lobanova-Rostovskaya palace, built in
1820, in the heart of the historic Admiralteysky district. The
hotel's opening last month follows a near decade-long restoration
that retained many original features, with original drawings by
French architect Auguste de Montferrand providing guidance. Room
rates are around $1026 per night for two adults.